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"their overriding aim is still to maximise the flow of private vehicles"

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  1. chdot
    Admin

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    Suggest a neater system, and you will be shouted down by people insisting that they don’t want to live in a planned economy. But in this respect (and others) we do live in a planned economy. These days transport planners make a few concessions to cyclists, pedestrians and buses, but their overriding aim is still to maximise the flow of private vehicles. Rather than encouraging the more efficient use of existing infrastructure, they keep increasing the space into which inefficiency can expand.

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    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/01/car-chokehold-britain-polluted-inefficient-transport-system-motor-industry

    Posted 7 years ago #

  2. neddie
    Member

    It's a good article alright

    Posted 7 years ago #

  3. Arellcat
    Moderator

    I had a feeling it was Monbiot. Hard to disagree.

    Posted 7 years ago #

  4. Arellcat
    Moderator

    From the latest newsletter from PTRC (the training division of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport), "What makes designing for cyclists so hard?"

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    …you cannot design exclusively for cyclists without considering the impacts on other road users. Likewise, you should not design for other road users without thinking about the impact they will have on cycling.
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    You cannot design to make all road users happy but you can at least try. Consideration for cyclists should not be left out because it is too hard to cater for them.
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    Posted 7 years ago #

  5. chdot
    Admin

    "Consideration for cyclists should not be left out because it is too hard to cater for them."

    Yes, but how often is it even a consideration??

    Posted 7 years ago #

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